The Sorceress
Whole-cluster, mountain-grown, plush but lit from within.
Incense, baking spice, black cherry, and chalky minerality.
Single-varietal Grenache: a rare focus in Washington. Incense, baking spice, black cherry, and chalky minerality.
42% WeatherEye (Red Mountain), 24% Upland (Snipes Mountain), 19% Les Collines (Walla Walla Valley), and 15% French Creek (Yakima Valley): mountain tension plus warm-site purity. High-elevation rock at WeatherEye, Columbia River cobbles and loess at Upland, and caliche over basalt at French Creek; cobbles and elevation drive the chalky minerality.
Spanning Red Mountain, Snipes Mountain, Walla Walla Valley, and Yakima Valley.
65% foot-stomped whole cluster, then 16 months on the lees in neutral French oak puncheons. 98 points from Paul Gregutt.
The Sorceress Reserve Grenache